The once-dominant corporation founded by Michael Dell has seen a growing crop of tablets and smartphones entice consumers away from PCs.

Dell to launch tablet

Reuters 

Reliance Communications, which has a $925-million (Rs 4,843 crore) convertible bond maturing in March and has failed so far in efforts to sell its tower unit, is in talks with China Development Bank for a loan to redeem the bond, a person with direct knowledge of the matter said.

Reliance Communications in loan talks with Chinese bank

Internet retailing is sizzling, with big bucks chasing a flood of companies hawking everything from coupons to laptops. Yet, experts warn that not only are valuations too high, but that most of these firms will ultimately go belly up.

Is online retail the next bubble waiting to pop?

Business Standard

International Business Machines Corp won a record number of US patents in 2011, its 19th straight year on top, as some Asian competitors advanced in the rankings at the expense of Microsoft Corp and Intel Corp.

IBM keeps top patent spot for 19th year as Asian rivals gain

Microsoft Corp, the world's largest software maker, said industry-wide sales of personal computers will probably be lower than analysts projected in the fourth quarter because supply was hurt by flooding in Thailand.

Quarter four PC shipments may fall short: Microsoft

Wipro&rsquo;s focus on consulting seems to be paying off. The company expects to have a $500 million (Rs 2,585 crore) consulting business in the next three years.

Wipro bets big on consulting, eyes $500-mn revenue by 2015

Indian companies consider applying to ICANN as it invites applications for new domain names.

Soon, brands to shift to the other side of the dot on the Web

A three-hour board meeting of Unitech Wireless, the first one after former chairman Sanjay Chandra got bail in the alleged 2G telecom spectrum scam, ended on a note of disagreement between the two partners, according to people with direct knowledge of the development. The joint venture partners, Norwegian telco Telenor and Indian realtor Unitech, have been in the midst of a shareholders&rsquo; dispute over many issues, including funding.

Minds fail to meet at Uninor board meet

The Delhi high court on Thursday warned social networking site Facebook India and search engine Google India that websites can be &quot;blocked&quot;, like in China, if they fail to devise a mechanism to check and remove objectionable material from their web pages.

Delhi court threatens Facebook, Google of blocking sites

Press Trust of India

Infosys cut its annual revenue growth outlook for the second quarter in a row and warned of lower client spending due to the crisis in Europe, sending its shares down 8.4 per cent, their biggest fall in nine months. The guidance dragged down other IT stocks as well, with Tata Consultancy Services and Wipro falling four per cent and 2.5 per cent, respectively.

Infy cuts FY12 guidance on Europe concerns

After two quarters of positive growth, worldwide PC shipments totalled 92.2 million units in the fourth quarter of 2011, a 1.4 per cent decline from the same quarter last year, according to Gartner, an information technology research and advisory firm. Hard-disk drive (HDD) shortages triggered by the October 2011 floods in Thailand had an impact on fourth-quarter PC shipments and prices.

Global PC demand set to decrease in 2012: Gartner

From being a $10-million company, Datawind, better known as the manufacturer of low-cost tablet, Aakash, is now aspiring to become a half-a-billion-dollar company in just 12 months.

Datawind eyes $500-mn valuation in just 12 mnths

When Infosys said in mid-third quarter that it would meet the lower end of its earlier expectation, many expected the trigger &mdash; other than the volatile currency movements &mdash; could be the growth the company saw at that time.

Most of our clients are grappling with volatile environment: S D Shibulal 

In a major development, the Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) today set aside liquidated damages imposed by the government on new telecom operators for delay in meeting roll-out obligations and directed the DoT to refund the money.

DoT asked to refund liquidated damages imposed on telcos

It asked the Ministry of External Affairs to get the summons served on these companies. The court direction came after the counsel for Facebook India said over 10 out of 21 companies named as accused in the case were foreign-based and that the court would have to issue process to serve the summons on them.

Court summons foreign social networking sites over contents

You&rsquo;re dead? Well you can still have a final word as Facebook in one of its new application lets you send one last video from beyond the grave.

You can have a final word from your grave! 

To circumvent Trai regulations, tele-marketing companies are using international numbers as they are difficult to monitor.

Pesky SMSes are back via global routes 

As more people opt for smartphones, mobile internet users are driving up data traffic.

Consumption of mobile data skyrockets

Diamonds are a women&rsquo;s best friend. No wonder, they are the most purchased product online, and the majority of the purchases being done by men. And niche portals like Jewelsnext.com, Caratlane.com and Suratdiamonds.com are making the best use of it, apart from the traditional e-commerce players.

It's diamond rush online

One of the pleasures, and risks, of attending the gigantic Consumer Electronics Show is seeing a bunch of new products that look incredibly cool.

Robot ball, kid-proof toys gamble in Vegas

Niche e-commerce sites, catering to a single product-vertical, is fast catching on.

With online buyers growing, niche sites mushroom

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